Basic differences in perspectives on life. It has been known to happen. Don't have any problems with discussion, but we do need to recognize when we are at an impasse. No need to bid farewell to the forum on my account. I can be friends with people I disagree with to the degree allowed by all our own choices. Just have to choose my level of engagemnt best suited to each relationship at a given moment. Hope to see you around. Shake hands?
It's not anything to do with you songbird, yours just happened to be the thread that toppled me. I need to engage with people on issues but i feel there is just an abuse of the like button going on.
It may be all in my head, who knows but there is never smoke without fire and for some reason I'm becoming afraid to express an opinion which isn't good.
If someone agrees or disagrees with me then engage with me in conversation, much like you have just done songbird, that will always have my utmost respect and attention.
I need to here peoples views and opinions to form my own, selfish i know, but isn't that what a community should be all about?
This F****ing like button is taking away the voice of a generation and is the most haenous invention of our age. The opposite of like is hate and that's the flip side, you can't see it, but it's there and working hard behind the scenes.
So like i said I've got issues about all sorts of things which are out of the scope of barefoot running so this probably isn't the right platform or forum for me to express myself. I respect T..J.s hard work too much for that.
Sorry i derailed your thread songbird, i wanted to air my views, and still stand by them, but just felt very uncomfortable in doing so, but not because of you.
The badgers in my country are spreading TB amongst the domestic cattle so they are being shot with a suggestion from our own Princess Ann to gas them. Where do you draw the line? This wouldn't even be a problem if it weren't for indiscriminate farming methods that have ravaged most of our natural habitat, destroyed ancient woodlands. We can't keep taking and expect there not to be consequences. This way will surely bring the wolves to your door.
Our ancestors knew how to live along side nature, they understood it, lived in it and revered it. There was a healthy fear and respect that allowed for healthy and flourishing partnership, but there is no profit in this way of thinking so along with the indigenous people these traditions and skills were wiped out.
An urbanized human with a gun and a bit of a grudge against wild things is not a healthy path to understanding or even experiencing the wilderness. Conservation and education is a much more rewarding path as it will bring you closer to your surrounding and ultimately your true nature.
I know you asked for moral support, and i suspect that was driven by a little fear of entering a potential hostile environment, so my suggestion would be to seek out those that have lived off the grid, get educated, read 'into the wild' and grow a Mohawk